 In November 1971, Larry's mentor Dr. Jim Craig (Nat Polen) delivers the children, but only one, named Daniel Wolek, survives childbirth.Meredith begins suffering from postpartum depression, and Larry soon calls in a favor to friend Dr. Joyce Brothers (playing herself) to treat his ailing wife.Tragedy strikes the happily married couple in 1973 when thieves break into Meredith's father's home at Llanfair, and Meredith fatally falls as she attempts to escape.